To Find Eyes to See

To Find Eyes to See

by | Jun 21, 2026

More Than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature By Joshua Hren. Word on Fire Luminor, 2026. Paperback, 392 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. The year after Euripides died (406 BC), Athenian theater-goers who flocked to see...
The Midwestern Gothic Stories of Eric Cyr

The Midwestern Gothic Stories of Eric Cyr

by | May 31, 2026

Here It Snows in June & Other Stories By Eric Cyr. Wiseblood Books, 2026. Paperback, 156 pages, $16. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. A driver on I-71 who takes the exit toward Ashland, Ohio, my home now for nearly three years, will be greeted with an oversized welcome...
A Forgotten Russian Immigrant Poet in Hollywood

A Forgotten Russian Immigrant Poet in Hollywood

by | Apr 5, 2026

Sidetracked: Exile in Hollywood By Alexander Voloshin. Translated by Boris Dralyuk. Paul Dry Books, 2026. Paperback, 98 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. When my oldest son was little, every Saturday morning I would bundle him into the car for the hour and a...
Bring Back the Virtues, Medieval Style

Bring Back the Virtues, Medieval Style

by | Oct 5, 2025

Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life By Grace Hamman. Zondervan Academic, 2025. Hardcover, 224 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. A few years ago, my husband and I learned we were expecting a girl. As we were considering...
Restocking Conservatives’ Bookshelves

Restocking Conservatives’ Bookshelves

by | Sep 21, 2025

13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (But Probably Haven’t Read) By Christopher J. Scalia. Regnery, 2025. Hardcover, 352 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. Earlier this summer, The New York Times published yet another jeremiad on fiction-reading men going the way...